Trajan (redirect from Nerva Trajanus)
emperor from AD 98 to 117, the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor...
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a complex with the Forum Romanum: the Forum Iulium, Forum Augustum, the Forum Transitorium (also: Forum Nerva), and Trajan's Forum. The planners of the...
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assassinated by court officials. He was succeeded the same day by his advisor Nerva. After his death, Domitian's memory was condemned to oblivion by the Senate...
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Hadrian (section Nerva–Antonine family tree)
came from the town of Hadria in eastern Italy. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Early in his political career, Hadrian married Vibia Sabina...
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church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boarium (the ancient cattle market). According to enduring medieval legend...
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Ancient Rome (section Nerva–Antonine dynasty)
household. Following Domitian's murder, the Senate rapidly appointed Nerva as Emperor. Nerva had noble ancestry, and he had served as an advisor to Nero and...
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Mark Lilla (born 1956), American political scientist and philosopher Mark van Loosdrecht (born 1959), Dutch biotechnologist Mark Mazower (born 1958), British...
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Antoninus Pius (category Nerva–Antonine dynasty)
from AD 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Born into a senatorial family, Antoninus held various...
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won by military victory. The 1st-century statue of Mars found in the Forum of Nerva (pictured at top) is similar. In this guise, Mars is presented as the...
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square (piazza) on the top of the ancient Capitoline Hill, between the Roman Forum and the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The square includes three main buildings...
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Temple of Castor and Pollux (category Temples of the Roman Forum)
Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at...
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years of Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In the Histories the scope has changed; Tacitus says that he will deal with the age of Nerva and Trajan at a later...
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distinguished for his buildings. Apart from the triumphal arch in the Roman Forum carrying his full name, he also built the Septizodium in Rome. He enriched...
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emperors. Following the murder of Domitian in AD 96, the Senate declared Nerva, one of their own, as the new emperor. His "dynasty", the Antonine, continued...
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Rome contains numerous ancient sites, including the Forum Romanum, Trajan's Market, Trajan's Forum, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon, to name but a few...
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effect 1 January 45 BC. The Temple of Venus Genetrix, established in the Forum of Caesar on 25 September 46 BC, contained a golden statue of Cleopatra...
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that he was one of the political exiles recalled during the brief reign of Nerva. It is impossible to tell how much of the content of these traditional biographies...
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Arch of Titus (category Triumphal arches in the Roman Forum)
arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. 81 CE by Emperor Domitian shortly after the death...
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brief Flavian dynasty, followed by the Nerva–Antonine dynasty which produced the "Five Good Emperors": Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus...
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Basilica Fora Roman Forum Imperial fora Forum of Augustus Forum of Caesar Forum of Nerva Forum of Vespasian Trajan's Forum Forum Boarium Forum Holitorium Civic...
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and took four years under the hands of the weavers in the shop of Pieter van Aelst. Raphael's tapestries were looted during the Sack of Rome in 1527 and...
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Castel Sant'Angelo (category Nerva–Antonine dynasty)
(Castel San'tAngelo), retrieved 2023-09-03 "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia". Archived from the original on 2023-07-27...
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Gallivan, "The Fasti for A.D. 70–96", pp. 191, 218. Smallwood, Principates of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian. Eck, Paci, & Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei...
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detached columns was first used for the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum (which stands at the end of the triumph route) and repeated in several other...
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capital and main residence, Constantinople, most notably his expansion of the Forum Tauri, which became the biggest public square known in antiquity. Theodosius...
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bans against castration had been enacted by the emperors Domitian and Nerva in the face of a burgeoning trade in eunuch slaves. Sometime between 128...
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Basilica Fora Roman Forum Imperial fora Forum of Augustus Forum of Caesar Forum of Nerva Forum of Vespasian Trajan's Forum Forum Boarium Forum Holitorium Civic...
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Martin Tungevaag (1993–), Norwegian DJ Martin van der Horst (1965–), Dutch volleyball player Martin van Drunen (1966–), Dutch death metal vocalist/musician...
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flowed for 16.4 km (10.2 mi) to Rome from the east and emptied into the Forum Boarium near the Porta Trigemina. Nearly all of its length before entering...
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Welsh ner 'lord, chief'). It appears to be cognate with the Latin cognomen Nerva. According to Xavier Deru, the core region of the Nervii was equivalent...
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